A companion to the United States Constitution and its amendments / John R. Vile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vile, John R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 321 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

Contents:

The background and purposes of the Constitution

Article I. The Legislative Branch

Article II. The Executive Branch

Article III. The Judicial Branch

Article IV. The Federal system

Articles V-VII. The amending provision and miscellaneous matters

The Bill of Rights : the First Amendment

The Bill of Rights : of arms and men : Amendments 2-3

The Bill of Rights and the rights of the accused and the convicted: Amendments 4-8

The Bill of Rights, the rights of the states (Amendments 9-10), and Amendments 11 and 12

The post-Civil War Amendments : Amendments 13-15

The Progressive Era Amendments : Amendments 16-19

The recent Amendments : Amendments 20-27

Reading Supreme Court decisions

Glossary

Highlights of constitutional history

U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Appendix 1. The Constitution of the United States

Appendix 2. The Declaration of Independence

Appendix 3. The Articles of Confederation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781440833274

1440833273

9781440835605

1440835608

OCLC:

890310453